Exclusive: U.S. plans new wave of immigrant deportation raids
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. immigration officials are planning a month-long series of raids in May and June to deport hundreds of Central American mothers and children found to have entered the country illegally, according to sources and an internal do…
Cuba and U.S. officials to meet next week to deepen detente
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba and the United States will meet next week for a third round of talks on improving relations, Havana said on Thursday, adding that the two former Cold War foes were not yet negotiating their multibillion-dollar claims against one…
U.S. foreign policy veteran warns Trump would make world less stable
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s foreign policy proposals would make the world a less stable place, former Secretary of State James Baker told a U.S. Senate hearing on Thursday as the Republican presidential candidate met elsewhere with party cong…
Senate sets votes on competing Zika funding plans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three competing plans for battling a potential Zika virus outbreak in the United States were presented on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Thursday, as lawmakers tried to break an impasse pitting President Barack Obama against con…
Senator Rand Paul to back bill blocking FBI hacking expansion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Kentucky Senator Rand Paul plans to become the first Republican co-sponsor of legislation to block a pending judicial rule change that would let U.S. judges issue search warrants for remote access to computers located in any juri…
Trump says he had very good meeting with Ryan: Fox News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he had a “very, very good meeting” with U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday to try to patch up differences on policy proposals and the tone of his i…
Republicans win Obamacare legal challenge, add to insurer concerns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday handed a victory to congressional Republicans who challenged President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law, ruling that his administration overstepped its constitutional powers relating to government …
Michael Douglas urges Obama to think of his legacy at Hiroshima
GENEVA (Reuters) – Hollywood actor Michael Douglas, a U.N. “messenger for peace”, wants President Barack Obama to issue a strong message against nuclear weapons when he visits Hiroshima in Japan later this month.
Puerto Rico either gets legislative fix or humanitarian aid: Congressman
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s debt crisis, if left unaddressed by the U.S. Congress where legislation has stalled in the House Natural Resources Committee, will result in the need to pay for a humanitarian aid package, Congressman Raul Grijalva sa…
Baltimore primary results decertified, irregularities cited
(Reuters) – Results of Baltimore’s primary election were ordered decertified on Thursday by the Maryland elections board, which cited irregularities in the April 26 vote that may have influenced a tight mayoral race.
